Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 6:8
A church father on this verse
“"All man's toil is for his mouth, yet his wants are never satisfied. What advantage then has the wise man over the fool? What less has the pauper who knows how to conduct himself among the living? "All that men toil at in this world is consumed by the mouth and taken to be digested in the stomach after it has been gro…”
Source: Septuagint
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8For what advantage has the wise man over the fool, Since even the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life?
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6Though he has lived to the return of a thousand years, Yet he has seen no good: Do not all go to one place?
7All the labor of a man is for his mouth, And yet the appetite shall not be satisfied.
— Ecclesiastes 6:8 —
9The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: This is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.
10If anything has been, its name has already been called: And it is known what man is; Neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he.